Home - Light Protocol

Features

Rent-free Accounts

Create Solana accounts without paying upfront rent.

L1 Performance & Security

Execution onchain on Solana.

Fully Composable

Works with existing programs and accounts.

Light Token

High-performance token standard that reduces the cost of mint and token accounts by 200x while being more CU efficient than SPL on hot paths.

Overview

Introduction to the Light Token program.

DeFi

Program Integration

Build rent-free AMMs and DeFi programs.

Router Integration

Add support for rent-free AMMs to your aggregator.

Pinocchio Programs

High-performance DeFi programs with Pinocchio.

Payments

Integration Guide

Guide to integrate light-token APIs with comparison to SPL.

Nullifier PDA

Prevent onchain instructions from being executed more than once.

Wallets

Integration Guide

Guide for Wallet Applications to let users display and swap light-tokens.

Sign with Privy Wallets

Add rent-free tokens to Privy embedded wallets.

Data Streaming

Mint Accounts

Stream mint events from the network in real-time.

Token Accounts

Stream token events from the network in real-time.

Guides and Examples

Cookbook

Guides for mints, token accounts, and transfers.

Client Examples

TypeScript and Rust client examples.

Program Examples

Program examples for Light Token Anchor macros, instructions and Pinocchio.

PDA Accounts

Light PDA

Solana PDAs with sponsored rent-exemption that can be implemented with minimal code changes. Use like any other PDA, e.g. in your DeFi program.

Advanced: Compressed PDA

Compressed PDAs to store user, app, or other infrequently accessed state without rent-exemption. Fully compatible with existing Solana programs, but requires custom logic.

Other Use Cases

Token Distribution

Distribute tokens on Solana 5000x cheaper. Merkle distributor and simple claim programs for airdrops with claim.

Solana Attestation Service (Devnet)

Credential system for KYC verification, professional badges, and compliance credentials in minutes.

ZK

Build ZK programs on Solana with groth-16 proofs and merklelized state.

AI Tools

Agent Skills
MCP and DeepWiki

Install orchestrator agent skill or view skill.md:

npx skills add https://zkcompression.com

Install or view dedicated agent skills: https://github.com/Lightprotocol/skills

Claude Code
Cursor
Any Agent

Add the marketplace and install:

/plugin marketplace add Lightprotocol/skills
/plugin install solana-rent-free-dev

Open Settings (Cmd+Shift+J / Ctrl+Shift+J)
Navigate to Rules & Commands → Project Rules → Add Rule → Remote Rule (GitHub)
Enter: https://github.com/Lightprotocol/skills.git

npx skills add Lightprotocol/skills

Connect AI tools to the Light Protocol repository via MCP and DeepWiki.

Claude Code
Codex
Most Clients (Windsurf, Cursor, ...)

claude mcp add -s user -t http deepwiki https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp
claude mcp add -s user -t http zkcompression https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp

codex mcp add zkcompression -- npx -y mcp-remote@latest https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp
codex mcp add deepwiki -- npx -y mcp-remote@latest https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepwiki": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/sse"
    },
    "zkcompression": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

AI Tools Guide

Resources

Core Concepts

Learn core concepts of the Light token program and ZK Compression Core.

Anchor Constraints Light Account

Syntax reference for #[light_account] constraints for PDA, mint, token, and associated token accounts.

Addresses and URLs

RPC endpoints and addresses for programs, Merkle trees, and other accounts.

Security Audits

View security audits and formal verification.

SDK Reference

Client

@lightprotocol/stateless.js

TypeScript RPC client for Light Token and Compressed Accounts.

light-client

Rust RPC client for Light Token and ZK Compression.

@lightprotocol/compressed-token

TypeScript token operations for Light Token and Compressed Tokens.

light-token-client

Rust token operations for Light Token.

Program

light-sdk

Core SDK for on-chain programs.

light-sdk-macros

Procedural macros for Light accounts.

light-token

CPI instructions for Light Token program.

light-program-test

Local testing framework for programs.

Introduction

Light Token

DeFi

Data Streaming

Payments

Wallets

PDA Accounts

Other Use Cases

Resources

Learn

References

Scale Anything on Solana.

Features

Rent-free Accounts

L1 Performance & Security

Fully Composable

Light Token

Overview

DeFi

Program Integration

Router Integration

Pinocchio Programs

Payments

Integration Guide

Nullifier PDA

Wallets

Integration Guide

Sign with Privy Wallets

Data Streaming

Mint Accounts

Token Accounts

Guides and Examples

Cookbook

Client Examples

Program Examples

PDA Accounts

Light PDA

Advanced: Compressed PDA

Other Use Cases

Token Distribution

Solana Attestation Service (Devnet)

ZK

AI Tools

AI Tools Guide

Resources

Core Concepts

Anchor Constraints Light Account

Addresses and URLs

Security Audits

SDK Reference

Client

@lightprotocol/stateless.js

light-client

@lightprotocol/compressed-token

light-token-client

Program

light-sdk

light-sdk-macros

light-token

light-program-test